document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=427060>Question 427060</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am to solve and rewrite in a scientific notation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please explain how to do this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2.3x10^4)(7x10^20)= </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply 2.3*7 = 16.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply 10^4 * 10^20 = 10^24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 16.1*10^24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Move the decimal from 16.1 to 1.61 and add one to the exponent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 1.61*10^25<BR>\n" );
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